About

A senior technical practice built around robotics, controls, motion systems, and multidisciplinary product delivery.

Portrait of Jeff Brunet

Background

I am a senior mechatronics and controls engineer focused on computer-controlled machines, robotics, industrial automation, and electromechanical product development. My work sits at the intersection of mechanical design, motion control, embedded and automation systems, instrumentation, testing, commissioning, and product delivery.

Across my career I have worked on robotics platforms, monorail switch systems, train propulsion and linear induction motor R&D, industrial process equipment, pressure systems, optical instrumentation, and water treatment products. I am especially interested in systems where mechanical design, controls, sensors, software, and field constraints all have to work together.

Recent work includes playing a leading role in Artimo, a commercial Ross Video robotic camera system, through multidisciplinary product-development work spanning mechatronics, motion systems, testing, and delivery. That mix of technical depth and practical execution is the thread that connects the rest of the work as well.

Education

Bachelor of Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, 2000.

MBA Essentials, Queen's Smith School of Business, Queen's University, 2009.

Additional development in optimal control, autonomous mobile robotics, machine learning and control theory, and photonics at the University of Ottawa.

Focus Areas

AI-enabled physical systems, robotics, and motion control for machines that have to sense, adapt, and perform in the real world.

Mechanical design and analysis using Autodesk Inventor, weldments, pressure vessels, pressure piping, industrial equipment, and FEA including Nastran.

Embedded systems built around STM32, RTOS, embedded Linux robot-control stacks, CANopen, instrumentation, OpenCV, and NDI video ingest.

Python, MATLAB, MuJoCo simulation, React front ends, web-based telemetry and data acquisition dashboards, databases including PostgreSQL and MongoDB, and GitHub-based engineering workflows.

Standards-based engineering including EN61508, NFPA, ASME BPVC Section VIII, ASME B31, and machine guarding.